Former Newcastle coach Steve Bruce has been appointed the new manager of West Bromwich Albion for 18-months.
Bruce, who was relieved of his duties at St James’ Park in October, will be charged with taking Albion back to the Premier League following the sacking of Valerien Ismael.
Bruce said: ‘I am delighted to have the opportunity to manage a club that has such great history and tradition. It is a club I obviously know well from my time in the Midlands, and I am already relishing the challenge of taking it forward.
‘I did not envisage I would return to management this quickly, but once I got the phone call from Ron, I knew I could not resist the challenge of getting this club back to where they want to be. I am coming in with one aim and that is to get Albion to the Premier League.’
West Brom is Bruce’s 11th club as a manager.
